Career Leaders and Records for Passing Touchdowns

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Since 1977

Rank	Player	TD	From	To	Last School
1.	Case Keenum*	155	2007	2011	Houston
2.	Kellen Moore*	142	2008	2011	Boise State
3.	Graham Harrell*	134	2005	2008	Texas Tech
4.	Colt Brennan*	131	2005	2007	Hawaii
5.	Ty Detmer*	123	1988	1991	Brigham Young
	Landry Jones*	123	2009	2012	Oklahoma
7.	Timmy Chang*	117	2000	2004	Hawaii
8.	Matt Barkley*	116	2009	2012	Southern California
9.	Tim Rattay	115	1997	1999	Louisiana Tech
10.	Danny Wuerffel	114	1993	1996	Florida
11.	Colt McCoy*	112	2006	2009	Texas
12.	Russell Wilson*	109	2008	2011	Wisconsin
13.	Chad Pennington*	107	1997	1999	Marshall
14.	Dan Lefevour*	102	2006	2009	Central Michigan
15.	Chase Daniel*	101	2005	2008	Missouri
16.	Chase Clement*	99	2005	2008	Rice
	Tim Hiller*	99	2005	2009	Western Michigan
	Matt Leinart*	99	2003	2005	Southern California
19.	Geno Smith*	98	2009	2012	West Virginia
20.	Trevor Vittatoe*	97	2007	2010	Texas-El Paso
21.	Kliff Kingsbury*	95	1999	2002	Texas Tech
	Aaron Murray*	95	2010	2012	Georgia
	Brady Quinn*	95	2003	2006	Notre Dame
	Philip Rivers*	95	2000	2003	North Carolina State
25.	Max Hall*	94	2007	2009	Brigham Young
26.	David Klingler	91	1988	1991	Houston
27.	Ryan Lindley*	90	2008	2011	San Diego State
	Todd Reesing*	90	2006	2009	Kansas
29.	Byron Leftwich*	89	1998	2002	Marshall
	Peyton Manning	89	1994	1997	Tennessee
31.	Sam Bradford*	88	2007	2009	Oklahoma
	Drew Brees*	88	1997	2000	Purdue
	Chris Leak*	88	2003	2006	Florida
	Jordan Palmer*	88	2003	2006	Texas-El Paso
	Tim Tebow*	88	2006	2009	Florida
36.	Chad Henne*	87	2004	2007	Michigan
	Troy Kopp	87	1989	1992	Pacific
	Tim Lester	87	1996	1999	Western Michigan
	Luke McCown	87	2000	2003	Louisiana Tech
40.	Ken Dorsey*	86	1999	2002	Miami (FL)
41.	Bruce Gradkowski*	85	2002	2005	Toledo
	Chase Holbrook	85	2006	2008	New Mexico State
	Kevin Kolb*	85	2003	2006	Houston
	Andrew Walter*	85	2001	2004	Arizona State
45.	Jim McMahon*	84	1977	1981	Brigham Young
	Paul Pinegar*	84	2002	2005	Fresno State
	Chris Redman	84	1996	1999	Louisville
	Ben Roethlisberger*	84	2001	2003	Miami (OH)
49.	Austin Davis*	83	2008	2011	Southern Mississippi
	Paul Smith*	83	2003	2007	Tulsa
51.	Ryan Dinwiddie*	82	2000	2003	Boise State
	Colin Kaepernick*	82	2007	2010	Nevada
	Andrew Luck*	82	2009	2011	Stanford
	Ryan Schneider	82	2000	2003	Central Florida
55.	Rudy Carpenter*	81	2005	2008	Arizona State
	G.J. Kinne*	81	2009	2011	Tulsa
	Eli Manning*	81	2000	2003	Mississippi
	Jason White*	81	1999	2004	Oklahoma
	Danny Wimprine*	81	2001	2004	Memphis
60.	Derek Anderson*	79	2001	2004	Oregon State
	John Beck*	79	2003	2006	Brigham Young
	Dan Marino*	79	1979	1982	Pittsburgh
	Chris Weinke	79	1997	2000	Florida State
	Andre Woodson*	79	2004	2007	Kentucky
65.	Robert Griffin III*	78	2008	2011	Baylor
	Gino Guidugli*	78	2001	2004	Cincinnati
	Bart Hendricks	78	1997	2000	Boise State
	Jared Lorenzen	78	2000	2003	Kentucky
	Donovan McNabb*	78	1995	1998	Syracuse
70.	John Elway	77	1979	1982	Stanford
	Rex Grossman*	77	2000	2002	Florida
72.	Alex Brink	76	2004	2007	Washington State
	Rusty Smith*	76	2006	2009	Florida Atlantic
74.	Casey Clausen*	75	2000	2003	Tennessee
	Bryant Moniz*	75	2009	2011	Hawaii
	Dan Orlovsky*	75	2002	2004	Connecticut
	Andre Ware	75	1987	1989	Houston
	Brandon Weeden*	75	2008	2011	Oklahoma State
79.	Alex Carder*	74	2009	2012	Western Michigan
	Tim Couch	74	1996	1998	Kentucky
	Nate Davis*	74	2006	2008	Ball State
	Nathan Enderle*	74	2007	2010	Idaho
	Shane Matthews	74	1990	1992	Florida
	Dave Ragone*	74	1999	2002	Louisville
	Steve Stenstrom*	74	1991	1994	Stanford
86.	Tajh Boyd*	73	2010	2012	Clemson
	Zac Dysert*	73	2009	2012	Miami (OH)
	David Neill	73	1998	2001	Nevada
	T.J. Rubley	73	1987	1991	Tulsa
90.	Erik Ainge*	72	2004	2007	Tennessee
	Daunte Culpepper	72	1996	1998	Central Florida
	Glenn Foley	72	1990	1993	Boston College
	David Greene*	72	2001	2004	Georgia
	Shaun King*	72	1995	1998	Tulane
	Carson Palmer*	72	1998	2002	Southern California
	Patrick Ramsey*	72	1998	2001	Tulane
	Adam Weber*	72	2007	2010	Minnesota
98.	Brian Brohm*	71	2004	2007	Louisville
	Andy Dalton*	71	2007	2010	Texas Christian
	Elvis Grbac*	71	1989	1992	Michigan
	Darrell Hackney*	71	2002	2005	Alabama-Birmingham
	Mark Herrmann*	71	1977	1980	Purdue
	Omar Jacobs*	71	2003	2005	Bowling Green State
104.	Doug Flutie*	70	1981	1984	Boston College
	Jacory Harris*	70	2008	2011	Miami (FL)
	Chuck Long*	70	1981	1985	Iowa
	Ryan Nassib*	70	2009	2012	Syracuse
	John Navarre*	70	2000	2003	Michigan
	Todd Santos	70	1984	1987	San Diego State
	Tyler Sheehan*	70	2006	2009	Bowling Green State
111.	Robbie Bosco*	69	1983	1985	Brigham Young
	Tyler Bray*	69	2010	2012	Tennessee
	Seth Doege*	69	2009	2012	Texas Tech
	Jason Gesser*	69	1999	2002	Washington State
	Tommy Hodson	69	1986	1989	Louisiana State
	Ryan Mallett*	69	2007	2010	Arkansas
	Scott Mitchell	69	1987	1989	Utah
118.	Darian Durant*	68	2001	2004	North Carolina
	Chandler Harnish*	68	2008	2011	Northern Illinois
120.	Ryan Aplin*	67	2009	2012	Arkansas State
	Billy Blanton	67	1993	1996	San Diego State
	Stoney Case	67	1991	1994	New Mexico
	Nick Foles*	67	2007	2011	Arizona
	Jerrod Johnson*	67	2007	2010	Texas A&M
	Thaddeus Lewis	67	2006	2009	Duke
	Drew Olson*	67	2002	2005	UCLA
	Curtis Painter*	67	2005	2008	Purdue
	Willie Tuitama*	67	2005	2008	Arizona
	Eric Zeier*	67	1991	1994	Georgia
130.	Kirk Cousins*	66	2008	2011	Michigan State
	Kurt Kittner*	66	1998	2001	Illinois
	Cade McNown*	66	1995	1998	UCLA
	Tyler Palko*	66	2002	2006	Pittsburgh
	Zac Robinson*	66	2006	2009	Oklahoma State
	Kevin Sweeney*	66	1982	1986	Fresno State
	Darron Thomas*	66	2008	2011	Oregon
	Alex Van Pelt*	66	1989	1992	Pittsburgh
	John Walsh	66	1991	1994	Brigham Young
139.	Joe Hamilton	65	1996	1999	Georgia Tech
	Ryan Radcliff*	65	2009	2012	Central Michigan
141.	Kyle Boller	64	1999	2002	California
	Jake Delhomme	64	1993	1996	Louisiana-Lafayette
	Charlie Frye	64	2001	2004	Akron
	Jason Martin	64	1993	1996	Louisiana Tech
	Jake Plummer	64	1993	1996	Arizona State
146.	Derek Carr*	63	2009	2012	Fresno State
	Mike Glennon*	63	2009	2012	North Carolina State
	Cody Hawkins*	63	2007	2010	Colorado
	Brian McClure	63	1982	1985	Bowling Green State
	Chris Rix*	63	2001	2004	Florida State
	Marc Wilson*	63	1977	1979	Brigham Young
152.	Dominique Davis*	62	2010	2011	East Carolina
	Doug Johnson	62	1996	1999	Florida
	Mike Maxwell	62	1993	1995	Nevada
	Danny O'Neil*	62	1991	1994	Oregon
	Taylor Potts*	62	2007	2010	Texas Tech
157.	David Carr	61	1997	2001	Fresno State
	Kellen Clemens*	61	2002	2005	Oregon
	Randall Cunningham*	61	1982	1984	Nevada-Las Vegas
	Kyle Orton*	61	2001	2004	Purdue
	Corey Robinson*	61	2010	2012	Troy
	Steve Taneyhill	61	1992	1995	South Carolina
	Drew Tate*	61	2003	2006	Iowa
164.	Major Applewhite*	60	1998	2001	Texas
	Kolton Browning*	60	2010	2012	Louisiana-Monroe
	Jimmy Clausen*	60	2007	2009	Notre Dame
	Jose Fuentes	60	1999	2002	Utah State
	David Garrard	60	1998	2001	East Carolina
	J.P. Losman*	60	2000	2003	Tulane
	Bill Musgrave*	60	1987	1990	Oregon
	Rod Rutherford*	60	2000	2003	Pittsburgh
	Riley Skinner*	60	2006	2009	Wake Forest
173.	Jamie Barnette	59	1996	1999	North Carolina State
	Darrell Bevell*	59	1992	1995	Wisconsin
	Marc Bulger*	59	1996	1999	West Virginia
	Steve Clarkson*	59	1979	1982	San Jose State
	Jay Cutler	59	2002	2005	Vanderbilt
	Ryan Leaf*	59	1995	1997	Washington State
	B.J. Symons*	59	2000	2003	Texas Tech
	Mike Teel*	59	2005	2008	Rutgers
181.	Marcus Crandell	58	1993	1996	East Carolina
	Rob Johnson*	58	1991	1994	Southern California
	Chris Simms*	58	1999	2002	Texas
	Jeff Smoker*	58	2000	2003	Michigan State
	T.J. Yates*	58	2007	2010	North Carolina
	Jared Zabransky*	58	2003	2006	Boise State
187.	Reggie Ball*	57	2003	2006	Georgia Tech
	Jose Davis	57	1997	1999	Kent State
	Bobby Hoying*	57	1992	1995	Ohio State
	Brian Johnson*	57	2004	2008	Utah
	Danny Kanell	57	1992	1995	Florida State
	Terrelle Pryor*	57	2008	2010	Ohio State
	Clint Stoerner	57	1996	1999	Arkansas
	Billy Volek	57	1997	1999	Fresno State
	Keith Wenning*	57	2010	2012	Ball State
196.	Kerwin Bell	56	1984	1987	Florida
	Casey Bramlet	56	2000	2003	Wyoming
	Joe Germaine*	56	1996	1998	Ohio State
	Ryan Griffin	56	2009	2012	Tulane
	Matt Ryan*	56	2004	2007	Boston College
	Matt Schaub*	56	2000	2003	Virginia
	Brad Smith*	56	2002	2005	Missouri
	Richard Stanzi*	56	2007	2010	Iowa
	Pat White*	56	2005	2008	West Virginia
	Juice Williams*	56	2006	2009	Illinois
	Steve Young	56	1981	1983	Brigham Young
207.	Asad Abdul-Khaliq*	55	2000	2003	Minnesota
	Ben Bennett	55	1980	1983	Duke
	John David Booty*	55	2003	2007	Southern California
	Bryan Cupito*	55	2002	2006	Minnesota
	Josh Fields*	55	2001	2003	Oklahoma State
	Joshua Haldi*	55	2001	2004	Northern Illinois
	Josh Harris*	55	2000	2003	Bowling Green State
	Steven Jyles	55	2002	2005	Louisiana-Monroe
	Cody Ledbetter	55	1991	1995	New Mexico State
	Shawn Moore	55	1987	1990	Virginia
	Lester Ricard	55	2004	2006	Tulane
	Jeff Rowe*	55	2002	2006	Nevada
	John Welsh	55	1998	2001	Idaho
220.	Josh Betts*	54	2002	2005	Miami (OH)
	Mike Gundy	54	1986	1989	Oklahoma State
	Mike Pagel	54	1978	1981	Arizona State
	Rodney Peete*	54	1985	1988	Southern California
	Keith Price*	54	2010	2012	Washington
	Bryn Renner*	54	2010	2012	North Carolina
	Troy Smith*	54	2003	2006	Ohio State
	Josh Wallwork	54	1995	1996	Wyoming
228.	Charlie Batch	53	1994	1997	Eastern Michigan
	James Brown	53	1994	1997	Texas
	Trent Dilfer*	53	1991	1993	Fresno State
	Kevin Feterik	53	1996	1999	Brigham Young
	Joey Harrington*	53	1998	2001	Oregon
	Josh Heupel*	53	1999	2000	Oklahoma
	Matt Jones*	53	2001	2004	Arkansas
	Jake Locker*	53	2007	2010	Washington
	Cody Pickett*	53	1999	2003	Washington
	Steve Sarkisian	53	1995	1996	Brigham Young
238.	Rakeem Cato*	52	2011	2012	Marshall
	B.J. Daniels*	52	2008	2012	South Florida
	Brett Favre	52	1987	1990	Southern Mississippi
	Matt Grothe*	52	2006	2009	South Florida
	Ryan Hart*	52	2002	2005	Rutgers
	Ryan Huzjak	52	1993	1996	Toledo
	Ron Powlus	52	1994	1997	Notre Dame
	Lee Roberts*	52	1995	1998	Southern Mississippi
	JaMarcus Russell*	52	2004	2006	Louisiana State
	Jonathan Smith*	52	1998	2001	Oregon State
	Adam Tafralis*	52	2004	2007	San Jose State
	Erik Wilhelm	52	1985	1988	Oregon State
	Drew Willy*	52	2005	2008	Buffalo
	Tyler Wilson*	52	2008	2012	Arkansas

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